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Snapchat’s Blackhawk Gift Card Plan and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/24/24

  • Blackhawk Network will offer physical gift cards to users of Snapchat’s subscription service, Snapchat+. Snapchat is a messaging platform.
  • The digital-payments platform Wirex has added two stablecoins, VNX Euro and VNX Swiss Franc, allowing users to spend the currency directly through their WIrex cards.
  • Payments via QR codes will “shift from one niche to partial mainstream” in 2025 as companies like PayPal, Stripe, and SumUp invest in the technology to increase adoption, says “101 Technology Trends That Will—and Won’t—Shape 2025” a report from ABI Research.

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